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[ Eleven Ganadharas of the Lord and their history difficult to be born in an Arya Desha, that is, in the country of pious people. The nomads and barbarians also are called 'men'; but they are men in name only, for as they are professionally devoted to robbery and killing and causing injury to other living beings, they cannot raise themselves spiritually. Therefore, if a Jiva is born among such people or in such a country, it is simply useless. you are, however, born in the land of civilised people; therefore, you must realise your position and should not waste your time in useless things.
14. Even human-birth in a civilised country does not count much, if one is not endowed with the power of all the senses. There are men whose senses or organs are defective, e. g., there are the deaf, the blind and the crippled etc. You are, O Gautama, endowed with the power of all the senses; therefore, do not miss this opportunity, for attaining the fourteenth Guna-sthana (the highest stage on the ladder of spiritual evolution).
15. It is easy to get a human body with all the five senses, and be born in a civilised country, but it is very difficult to know the Scriptures. For, there are many preceptors who do not know the Scriptures, but are worshipped by ignorant people as real preceptors. So, O good hearer of Scriptures, Gautama, possess a good haste in destroying your Karmas.
16. It is one thing to know the Shastras or, scriptures but it is quite another to have faith in them. For, there are people, who are well versed in the Shastras, but are not free from the practice of untruth. As you rightly believe in the Scriptures, you must try to attain perfection, without being
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